George's brownpaper wads

[pargent]

Iam going to a walkin rondy in a couple of weeks and will be humping my Bess, Iplan to use it in the clay event using Spences brown paper wads and cups , maybe some balls of tow as well , so Iwill post the success or lack there of after the event , the greatest variable on the clays is me .

 

[tenngun]

Full size bess shooting clays...Your a better man them i am gunga din

 

[pargent]

:rotf: I will use it in all the long arm matches,but the muzzleblast should bust the clays if I get onto them quick enough .

 

[George]

Have you worked up loads using brown paper or tow? I'd be interested to hear anything you figured out about them in an 11 gauge.

Spence

 

[Drago]

When I took my 16 to try out I had cut some cardboard [not very well] and some felt. I ran out of cards and tried folding some 2 inch squares of cotton cleaning patches. They worked very well. Of course I have no experience with shot.

 

[pargent]

No I am just going to wing it and see how it does, will most likely reduce the powder to 70-80 grns , normaly I would use a 20 gauge flinter but this is a walk in and it's still winter here so one longarm will do and some warm clothing

 

[George]

I found that a fair size clump of tow was needed in my 20 ga., enough to make a dense plug over powder at least 1/2" thick after being rammed. More can't hurt.

Spence

 

[pargent]

Yes I thought the same and have just finished rolling up some balls of tow to use . if this works I might try the same in my 20gauge at the end of August rondy ( a drive in event ) on the coast in sunny QLD. one of our best events .

 

[pargent]

Well we didn't end up shooting at clays but I did try some for patterns and they seemed to work ok ,but shot low ?

 

[Heelerau]

I had some bags of tow shipped down under last year, and have found it surprisingly good to clean bores with. You do need to have a worm to use it properly.

 

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